Some recent glimpses of our life here. The local trader has many nicknacks that are mostly uninteresting, but he looks out for old coins for me. This Napoleon III French Emperor coin was from 1855. Makes one wonder how it made it all this way here. Gave me a great opportunity to lecture my kids on a fascinating period of history, and give them a 'piece' of it (No French pun intended). Here are some photos from our most recent 4 day seminar. This was actually the 7th step of the 'Timothy Training' and those who had been through the various steps were rewarded with a recently published Hausa Bible commentary. After the Bible, there are relatively few rich theological resources readily available in Hausa, so we were glad to be able to distribute these. We recently inducted a new PAACS (Pan African Association of Christian Surgeons) resident into our program. While I am not one of the faculty for this program, I do appreciate these do...
Here you can see the finished 'Kitso' product. It's a common, although not universal, hairstyle among Hausa women and girls. I was looking around our group of Wessterners at Day of Prayer yesterday and could not help but be struck that I am the only American here now. At the moment, we have three Kiwis from New Zealand, two Romanians, two Canadians, two French, one German, one Japanese, and one (pictured) Swiss German. It's great to enjoy the international flavor. Usually, Americans are the most populous sub-group on the field, within this agency (where we make up just over 50% of the total), and here at the hospital.
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